Prospect Heights Crime
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Authorities: Man in jail for fourth DUI also facing weapons chargeJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man being held at the Kane County jail on charges of his fourth DUI arrest has now been charged with harassment and possessing a firearm with a defaced serial n...
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Authorities say man sexually abused teenage girl in Prospect Heights motelJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - A 27-year-old man who authorities say met a 16-year-old girl through a phone app and sexually abused her at a Prospect Heights motel was ordered held on $350,000 bail Fr...
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Elgin man faces minimum 42-year prison term after skipping rape trialJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man who was a no-show for his trial this week faces a minimum 42-year prison term after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a girl he knew. A Kane Count...
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Elgin man charged with 3rd DUI, injuring woman in crashJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - A 53-year-old man was charged with his third DUI after police say he rear-ended another vehicle Tuesday night near Elgin, injuring its driver. Lou Southivongnorrath, of ...
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Prosecutors: Couple stole lottery ticket dispenser from Prospect Heights storeJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - A man and a woman who prosecutors say have five pending burglary cases apiece are charged with stealing a lottery scratch ticket dispenser from a Prospect Heights liquor...
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Elgin man charged in West Dundee woman's overdose deathJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged in the overdose death of a 30-year-old woman from West Dundee in 2018. Gehovani R. Gomez, of the 800 block of Bode Road, faces a felony cha...
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Elgin man guilty of 2006 murder faces felony pot chargesJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin man who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting a gang member and sex offender during a fight in September 2006 stuffing his body in a car and abandoning i...
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Elgin teen faces attempted murder charge in December shootingJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A 17-year-old from Elgin is being charged as an adult with attempted murder in the shooting of a teen girl in Elgin in early December 2019. Erik R. Lopez, of 1800 block ...
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Suspect sought in attempted child abduction in Palatine Twp.Jan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County sheriff's investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who may have attempted to abduct two children Tuesday in Palatine Township. Acc...
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2019's most notable suburban crimesJan 03, 2020 5:00 am - A mass shooting at an Aurora factory, a heartbreaking conclusion to a case of a missing Crystal Lake boy, a 25-year sentence for a South Barrington cold case homicide; t...